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Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for District of Columbia.
370Documented
8In custody
294Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in District of Columbia
Where District of Columbia’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 158
1980s 41
1960s 33
1930s 30
2020s 23
1970s 20
Recent dashboard entries from District of Columbia
The newest published events and reporting located in District of Columbia, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home
Other
White House excludes Politico from Air Force One press pool
Protest
Pro-Data Center Party Interrupted by Protesters in DC
Other
White House excludes CNN from Air Force One press pool for presidential trips
Protest
Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down
Other
CNN, MS NOW and Politico barred from White House access; outlets challenge the ban
Arrest
He brought a guillotine to D.C. He didn’t expect to get arrested.
Prosecution
Trump denies US weapons shortage and says information 'leakers' being 'hunted down'
Documented cases
370 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Coleman Young
Released
Coleman Young was Detroit’s mayor and a veteran labor and civil-rights organizer when police arrested him at t...
Joy Young
Released
Joy Young was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the 1...
Matilda Young
Released
Matilda Young was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
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Omar Mohammad Ali Rezaq
In Custody
Omar Mohammad Ali Rezaq was prosecuted in the United States for the 1985 hijacking of EgyptAir Flight 648. The...
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Cody Michael Tarner
In Custody
Cody Michael Tarner was charged with arson and destruction of federal property after the July 15, 2020 burning...
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John Shiel
John Shiel was a Jonah House antiwar protester imprisoned at the D.C. Detention Center for a 1981 White House...
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Rev. John Peterson
The Nuclear Resister individually identified the Reverend John Peterson as a Lutheran minister from Tempe, Ari...
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Francine Wall
Francine Wall participated in an Election Day 1982 Pentagon action. On April 5, 1983 a federal court in Concor...
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Lois Levitan
Lois Levitan was jailed following the October 21, 1967 Pentagon antiwar mobilization. Contemporary reporting i...
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Richard Gale
Richard Gale testified at a November 6, 1967 press conference about confinement following the Pentagon antiwar...
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Martin Jezer
Martin Jezer, identified as a New York editor of WIN magazine, testified in November 1967 about imprisonment f...
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Jerry Kauffman
Jerry Kauffman was imprisoned following the October 1967 Pentagon antiwar mobilization. A contemporary account...
C
Cassimer Urban Jr.
Cassimer Urban Jr. was individually identified as a White House anti-nuclear vigiler arrested in July 1984 for...
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Dougherty
Released
Dougherty was from Washington, D.C. Dougherty was an aged, ailing man imprisoned, as Handy records, 'for the c...
E
Elliott Adams
Veterans For Peace president Elliott Adams was held overnight after the September 15, 2007 Capitol antiwar pro...
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David Andrews
Released
The Rev. David Andrews was a Methodist minister who on Dec. 12, 1961 knelt at the White House fence in a 'dire...
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Harriet U. Andrews
Released
Harriet U. Andrews was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned dur...
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Nellie Main Barnes
Released
Nellie Main Barnes was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned dur...
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Naomi Barrett
Released
Naomi Barrett was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
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David Barrows
David Barrows was taken to a Capitol Police station after speaking against war at a September 18, 2007 rally....
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Mrs. W. J. Bartlett
Released
Mrs. W. J. Bartlett was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned du...
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Medea Benjamin
Codepink co-founder Medea Benjamin was individually reported held overnight in a Washington, D.C. jail followi...
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Arthur S. Bernardini
Arthur S. Bernardini was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precin...
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Thomas W. Berry
Released
Marshall describes Berry as a Washington lawyer arrested at his brother's Maryland home on March 25, 1862 and...
Institutions in District of Columbia
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in District of Columbia that appear in the census’s case files.
Old Capitol PrisonWashington, District of Columbia
216 cases
District of Columbia JailWashington, District of Columbia
7 cases
District of Columbia Department of CorrectionsWashington, District of Columbia
6 cases
Washington County JailWashington, District of Columbia
5 cases
Washington, D.C. JailWashington, District of Columbia
5 cases
War Tax ResistanceWashington, District of Columbia
4 cases
D.C. Central Detention FacilityWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
Carroll PrisonWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases